• vertheidigen (obsolete)

From Middle High German verteidingen, from vertagedingen, derived from teidinc, tagedinc (originally "judgment", then "talk, chatter", so Narrenteiding (“foolish chatter”)) of tac (“day”) and ding (“negotiation”). By surface analysis, ver- +‎ Tag +‎ Ding +‎ -en. The term developed semantically from "court day with negotiations" > "to defend in court" > "to defend". Cognate with Dutch verdedigen.

• IPA^(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡən], [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡn̩], [fɛɐ̯ˈtaɪ̯dɪɡŋ̩]

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• Hyphenation: ver‧tei‧di‧gen

verteidigen (weak, third-person singular present verteidigt, past tense verteidigte, past participle verteidigt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to defend (from attack)
2. to justify (an opinion, behavior, etc.)

• defendieren

• angreifen

• Verteidigen, Verteidiger, Verteidigung
• verteidigend, verteidigt

• “verteidigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “verteidigen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “verteidigen” in Duden online
• “verteidigen” in OpenThesaurus.de